Four members of the IUF-affiliated KUDHEIHA who worked at the DUSITD2 hotel complex in Kenya's capital Nairobi were among the victims of the January 16 terrorist attack which killed at least 21 people. Hospitality workers again find themselves in the...
Representatives of the international trade unions were received by Luc Devigne, Deputy Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia and Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia and OSCE and his team.The union delegation expressed their anger and concerns over...
Workers have begun an indefinite strike today demanding better pay and working conditions after failure to agree a first contract between the Kristal-İş union and İzocam management. IndustriALL Global Union affiliate Kristal-İş represents some 180 İzocam workers in two workplaces,...
Following on the visit to the UK by an international IUF Coca-Cola 'Zero Rights' delegation, campaign meetings were held in Ireland with the IUF-affiliated SIPTU, with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and with organizations representing high school and older...
18.01.2019 Two IndustriALL affiliates will jointly negotiate a collective agreement at Volkswagen plants in Kaluga and Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, after putting aside their differences to hold a joint organizing campaign, allowing them to achieve the legal recognition threshold. Negotiations are...
Union:Belarusian Radio and Electronic Industry Workers’ Union (REP)Country:BelarusText:Alexander IvanouBelarus has traditionally had a strong radio and electronics sector with highly qualified staff. Nearly 30 years ago, many of them, union members by default in the past, chose to cast their...
The strike, which covers 670,000 workers, follows a one day stoppage in November 2018 and has hit airports, ports, schools, hospitals, state media and government offices, with many Tunisair flights cancelled. Wages have failed to keep up with rising prices,...
The workers have been demonstrating at the Katunayake Export Processing Zone since 11 January following the dismissals, leading the company to stop production. The terminations took place even though the five union members are all involved in an arbitration process with...
Behaviour-based safety programs, which are now the guiding method used by many companies, shift employer responsibility for maintaining a safe workplace onto workers by focusing on workers' 'behaviour' rather than the workplace hazards which are the source of workplace injuries,...
As Malaysia's Minister of Human Resources, YB M. Kulasegaran, announced that the government will make changes to the Employment Act 1955, a first consultation meeting on reforming the bill was organised by IndustriALL and the Decent Work Working Group in...